Question

The authorize filter allows you to specified group of users that can access a controller or action:

[Authorize(Roles="Administrator")]
public class HomeController : Controller
{
    // code
}

I would like to know if it is possible to, instead, specify a group of users that cannot access a controller or action.

Answer 1

I tried creating my own AuthorizationAttribute after twk’s suggestion:

public class Restrict : AuthorizeAttribute
{
    private readonly string _role;

    public Restrict(string role)
    {
        _role = role;
    }

    protected override bool AuthorizeCore(HttpContextBase httpContext)
    {
        if (httpContext == null)
            throw new ArgumentNullException("httpContext");

        if (httpContext.User.IsInRole(_role))
            return false;

        return true;
    }
}

And I use it like this:

[Restrict("Administrator")]
public class HomeController : Controller
{
    // code
}

I’m unsure whether it is correct practice but it does the job.